BIRDS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. 
Order PYGOPODES. Diving Birds. 
FamilygPODICIPIDAE.-—Grebes. 
2. HorpaLu’s GrReBe. Colymtus holbeliii. Rare migrant; one re- 
ported by J. L. Davison as taken at Wilson, on Lake Ontario, May 4, 
1887. 
3. Hornep GrReBE. Colymbus auritus. Migrant; most common 
along Lake Ontario in the spring. 
6. Prep-BILLED GREBE. Lodtlymbus podiceps. Summer resident. 
Breeds in suitable localities. 
Family URINATORID 4.—Loons. 
7. Loon. Orinator unber. Common migrant, especially on Lake 
Ontario. 
tr. ReEpb-1HROATED Loon. Urinator lumme. Occasional migrant. 
One taken at mouth of Oak Orchard Creek, Orleans county, during 
February, 1893. 
Order LONGIPENNES. Long-winged Swimmers. 
Family LARIDA#.—Gulls and Terns. 
47. GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. Larus marinus. Rare migrant, 
reported by J. L. Davison also by G. F. Guelf of Brockport, Monroe 
Co 
/ 51a. AMERICAN HERRING GULL. Larus argentatus smithsonianus. 
Occasional straggler during spring migration. 
A 54. RING-BILLED GULL. Larus delawarensts. Occasional migrant. 
(60. Bonaparre’s Gutt. Larus philadelphia. Rare migrant. One 
shot near Albion, Orleans Co., in 1892. 
